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Contextual Criticism
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A blog dedicated to political and religious criticism.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 397 )
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No Nursing Home for Me, I'm Going to the Holiday Inn!
With the cost for nursing home care averaging about $188 per day, there is, it seems, a better way to live when we get old and feeble.Call your local Holiday... Read more
Posted on 08 October 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
American Jesus Tv) Trailer
What the movie exposes is the truth that in the American religious community life goes on as if the Enlightenment had never taken place. A look at the... Read more
Posted on 08 October 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Our Government Crisis
The word, "crisis," is often used by folks in the media to refer to the current government shutdown. It's a word filled with feverish fear indicating a... Read more
Posted on 08 October 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Golden Dawn Murder Case - by Greg Palast
The Golden Dawn Murder CaseLarry Summers and the New FascismBy Greg Palast for TruthoutMonday, 7 October 2013On September 18, hip-hop artist Pavlos Fyssas,... Read more
Posted on 07 October 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
An Alfred HItchock Documentary on the Nazi Holocaust
Mr. Hitchcock made this documentary just after the end of World War II. Six million Jews were tortured and murdered in the various concentration camps and... Read more
Posted on 04 October 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Gun Control - A Senatorial Wall of Shame
Gun control, largely because of the nasty machinations of the National Rifle Association, is a huge furball for this country. Intelligent consideration as to ho... Read more
Posted on 02 October 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Rick Perry - a Truly Dumb Hypocrite
The governor of Texas, Rick Perry, who once suggested Texas might secede from the Union (which shows how dumb he is as secession is impossible), is now calling... Read more
Posted on 02 October 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Larry Klayman to Force Obama's Ouster on Nov. 19
You may not have heard of Larry Klayman in spite of the fact that he is a devious and devilish liar lurking in the far-right reaches of our political maelstrom. Read more
Posted on 02 October 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Only Crazy People and Tea Party Crackpots Burn Down Their Own Houses
It's one thing to burn down your own house. Granted, you have to be crazy to do it, or perhaps merely a criminal.But to burn down a village takes the mentality... Read more
Posted on 30 September 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Dr. Arieh Eldad's True Story
A:link { } The Hadassah Ein Kerem University HospitalI was instrumental in establishing the Israeli National Skin Bank, which is the largest in the world. Read more
Posted on 30 September 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Climate Change, CNN & Gingrich, Al Gore, NSA, Bill O'Reilly, & Art Woodstone
One of the problems with conservatives is their brains don't work the same as the brains of normal people. Because science so often interferes with their... Read more
Posted on 27 September 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The GOP, Ted Cruz and Other Traitors
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are not working on creating jobs, or on measures to protect our environment, or on bills which would help repai... Read more
Posted on 26 September 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Are Virginia's Whitbeck and Cuccinelli anti-Semites?
Transcript of remarks by John Whitbeck, the chairman of Virginia’s 10th Congressional District Republican Committee, in his introduction of Virginia GOP... Read more
Posted on 25 September 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
12 Signs America Is Insane by Jaime O'Neill
Smirking Chimp / By Jaime O'Neill 12 Signs America Is InsaneBradley Manning is in jail. Dick Cheney is not. Need we say more?The US flag flies at half-mast at... Read more
Posted on 24 September 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) on Thursday Held up Steak, Vodk...
Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) on Thursday held up steak, vodka and caviar during her House floor speech in an effort to shame Republicans who want to slash $40... Read more
Posted on 20 September 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Senate Bill Would Avoid Shutdown of Helium Supply
Who knew? We've got a crisis! In a couple of weeks the federal helium reserve will be shut down because of some crazy law enacted decades ago which would cause ... Read more
Posted on 20 September 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Meanwhile at the Pentagon, Fundamentalist Christians Protest a Non-Existent War
by Mickey Weinstein“No matter how big the lie; repeat it often enough and the masses will regard it as the truth.” – Winston ChurchillLast week, a coterie of... Read more
Posted on 19 September 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
GOP Voter Fraud in Florida!
We get all kinds of wackos in Florida. The majority are old, well-to-do, from the north, cranky, bored, Republican, and a little bit crazy. Read more
Posted on 19 September 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Larry Summers: Goldman SackedBy Greg Palast for Vice Maga...
Larry Summers: Goldman SackedBy Greg Palast for Vice MagazineMonday, 16 September 2013Joseph Stiglitz couldn't believe his ears. Read more
Posted on 18 September 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Archbishop John Niendstedt, Satan, Sex, and Crappy Holy Water
Why anyone would give a damn what a Roman Catholic cleric thinks about "objective truth," sin, morality or ethics is beyond me. Read more
Posted on 16 September 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY